Paigowdan
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:21:50 PM permalink
While this is something not gambling-related, this is of note to many who knew and loved his work.
There's a wonderful video where he narrates his life and career.
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:32:02 PM permalink
I hope he doesn't go "Stir Crazy".

Great memories of my youth watching WW time and time again. And now he is back in the casinos.
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:34:19 PM permalink
I am saddened. To cheer myself up, we're watching Young Frankenstein tonight.

Igor: Dr. Frankenstein...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: "Fronkensteen."
Igor: You're putting me on.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced "Fronkensteen."
Igor: Do you also say "Froderick"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... "Frederick."
Igor: Well, why isn't it "Froderick Fronkensteen"?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's "Frederick Fronkensteen."
Igor: I see.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor.
Igor: No, it's pronounced "eye-gor."
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:41:24 PM permalink
That's right...we bad
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:42:02 PM permalink
Enjoyed him immensely as Leo Bloom in the producers, but in all honesty laughed as hard at Zero Mostel. Zero was Blacklisted in the 50's for refusing to name names. He died as a result of a starvation diet complications. In 4 months he went from 304 to 215 lbs. Anyway, I think when we laugh it is because something is true. There is a scene in the Producers where he has just chased a 80 year old women around, saying he loved her, just so she would advance money for his next play.
She leaves the room and Zero looks out the window and below him in the street a limo pulls up. Out steps a sugar dadyy with a stunning piece of eye candy on his arm. Zero opens the window and I expected him to jump out. I mean how low can a man go. haha
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:43:16 PM permalink
Love it:

Stacy: It's pronounced Fried Man..... ;)
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:44:35 PM permalink
Do you also say "Stossi"?
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:45:21 PM permalink
I see gene wilder is not his real name. I wonder how many people use a stage name, and why?
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:46:23 PM permalink
If there is a heaven , just saying, if there is, Gene and the love of his live, Roseanne Roseannadanna will be together
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:46:57 PM permalink
Why not? Have fun with it.
I get called Von Lubin watching it with friends. Horses don't whinny, though.
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:50:30 PM permalink
Quote: GWAE

I see gene wilder is not his real name. I wonder how many people use a stage name, and why?



You need something catchy, like naming a new game. For the public, of course. Actors often get told, "Lose the name 'Sheldon Mermelschtein' etc."
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August 29th, 2016 at 3:55:13 PM permalink
Thank you for laughs Gene. Especially from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. RIP.
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August 29th, 2016 at 4:01:19 PM permalink
He and Richard Pryor were great together. See No Evil, Hear No Evil is an underrated classic. They played the premise perfectly.
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August 29th, 2016 at 4:07:47 PM permalink
Quote: Paigowdan

You need something catchy, like naming a new game. For the public, of course. Actors often get told, "Lose the name 'Sheldon Mermelschtein' etc."



Wow look at the people on this list. I never knew.

http://m.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-stage-names/celebrity-lists
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August 29th, 2016 at 5:02:42 PM permalink
There are some interesting stories behind the stage names selected.

Michael Caine, in 1955, needed to come up with a name to replace his birth name of Maurice Joseph Micklewhite while in his agent's London office; he took his new name from a recent and popular Bogart Movie The Caine Mutiny.

David Bowie changed his name so as not to be confused with Davy Jones (no "e"), - of the Monkees.

etc.

In any case, I choose to believe we all loved Gene Wilder's work (I did), with or without Mel Brooks.

And Mike - may there be no Death pool betting at this site.
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August 29th, 2016 at 5:21:35 PM permalink
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And Mike - may there be no Death pool betting at this site.



I'm an actuary, we love to bet on when people will die.
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August 29th, 2016 at 5:28:20 PM permalink
NOT FUNNY Mike I wake up every morning afraid I will read my name in the obituaries in the morning paper.
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August 29th, 2016 at 5:29:36 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I'm an actuary, we love to bet on when people will die.



I know, Mike, that was my concern.

Bad JoJo on doing that, as an office pool/forum blood pool bet.

It's not creepy for valid management/business/actuarial needs, but it would definitely need a confessor if done as a betting blood sport.
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August 29th, 2016 at 5:42:17 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

I'm an actuary, we love to bet on when people will die.



Hard to beat the original...... Stiffs.com.

Great game goes on there every year. But beware, the guys there are sharks. They do the research. Look at this years leaders picks. Who knew Herman Wouk was still alive at 101? How about people you may have forgotten about who announced they had cancer 3 years ago?

Judgement aside, some here might want to look at entering this December after doing the research.
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August 29th, 2016 at 7:29:09 PM permalink
Question of the day: what does Gene Wilder in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother have in common with someone with a "successful" roulette system?

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August 29th, 2016 at 8:22:11 PM permalink
My wife and I watched "Blazing Saddles" on DVD Sunday night, then read about Gene's death on Monday. Eerie coincidence. While watching that show, I looked up the other lead -- Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart. He died much younger than Wilder did, at just 53.

I also learned from IMDB that Richard Pryor was one of the writers and had intended to play the role of Bart himself. Apparently Prior had too controversial a reputation to be considered appropriate to play the clean-cut Bart.
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August 29th, 2016 at 8:29:38 PM permalink
Damn I should know better Googled Don Knot, thinking he was still alive SIGH Checked out in 2006. Had a security guard at work was a real ass about seeing your ID Really anal. Finally I ask him if he had a Barney Fife virus. First time I ever saw him laugh
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August 31st, 2016 at 5:47:03 PM permalink
Young Frankenstein is on my top 5 all time.movie list. It is a perfect movie.

Also very fond of Blazing Saddles and WW.

He was such a gentle soul. RIP.

Mongo like candy.

Cows! Cows! Cows! Cows!

Earwig: Springtime for Hitler in Germany.

The cane, sticking in the cobblestone walk. Breathless.

Annnnnd...What KNOCKERS! Why, zank you. Dokterr.
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August 31st, 2016 at 9:20:08 PM permalink
"Put... the... candle... back..."

I own about 70 old movie posters. (In an earlier life I was the manger of several movie theatres, some of them on Hollywood Blvd. Back then we were allowed to keep the posters once we were finished showing that movie.)

Anyway, I have a movie poster in a frame above my fireplace. Now and then I change the poster inside, just to help give the living room a different "look." Yesterday I changed it back to Young Frankenstein, in honor of Gene. (I usually just change it to Young Frankenstein the week before Halloween.)

It's one of my favorite movies and the poster is well designed. (Speaking of Young Frankenstein, I met Teri Gar back in the mid 1980s, and got her autograph. She was a sweetheart.)

I was planning on watching Young Frankenstein again last night, but at the last moment decided to watch Blazing Saddles instead. It had been much longer since I had seen that movie since Young Frankenstein.

But yes, YF is also one of my all-time favorite movies.

RIP Gene.
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